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Buddhists carry candles as they pray during Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment more

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2017年 5月 10日 Wednesday

Buddhists carry candles as they pray during Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death, at Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon temple in Ayutthaya, Thailand, May 10, 2017. Picture taken using long exposure. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

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An opposition supporter clashes with riot police during a rally against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Vmore

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2017年 5月 9日 Tuesday

An opposition supporter clashes with riot police during a rally against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, May 8, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

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Protesters gather before a monument of Jefferson Davis is removed in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 11, 2017. REUmore

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2017年 5月 11日 Thursday

Protesters gather before a monument of Jefferson Davis is removed in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman

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Scarlet ibis fly near the banks of a mangrove swamp located at the mouth of the Calcoene River on the coast ofmore

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2017年 5月 12日 Friday

Scarlet ibis fly near the banks of a mangrove swamp located at the mouth of the Calcoene River on the coast of Amapa state, northern Brazil, April 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

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Students of the Krasnoyarsk choreographic college Anastasia Shevtsova (R) and Yulia Lyakhovykh do leg-splits amore

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2017年 5月 5日 Friday

Students of the Krasnoyarsk choreographic college Anastasia Shevtsova (R) and Yulia Lyakhovykh do leg-splits as they study for an exam and a performance by the graduates at the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet, at the college's campus in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, May 4, 2017. REUTERS/ Ilya Naymushin

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Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a gala match of the hockey teams of the Night League at the Shamore

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2017年 5月 11日 Thursday

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a gala match of the hockey teams of the Night League at the Shayba Olympic Arena in Sochi, Russia, May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Kochetkov/Pool

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A mural signed by "TV Boy" and depicting Pope Francis and U.S. President Donald Trump kissing, is seen on a wamore

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2017年 5月 11日 Thursday

A mural signed by "TV Boy" and depicting Pope Francis and U.S. President Donald Trump kissing, is seen on a wall in downtown Rome, Italy May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

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Aksha Yakub Rasool, 2, sits on her mother Bilkis Bano's (R) knee during a press conference in New Delhi, Indiamore

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2017年 5月 8日 Monday

Aksha Yakub Rasool, 2, sits on her mother Bilkis Bano's (R) knee during a press conference in New Delhi, India May 8, 2017. Bilkis was gang raped and fourteen of her relatives, including her three-year-old daughter, were killed during religious riots that broke out in Gujarat in 2002. Last week a court in Mumbai upheld the conviction of 11 men to life in prison for the rape and murder. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

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An AH-64D Apache attack helicopter flies in front of a wall of fire during the South Carolina National Guard Amore

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2017年 5月 9日 Tuesday

An AH-64D Apache attack helicopter flies in front of a wall of fire during the South Carolina National Guard Air and Ground Expo at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, U.S. on May 6, 2017. Picture taken on May 6, 2017. Jorge Intriago/Courtesy Air National Guard/Handout via REUTERS

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A young girl looks at artwork attributed to street artist Banksy, depicting a workman chipping away at one of more

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2017年 5月 8日 Monday

A young girl looks at artwork attributed to street artist Banksy, depicting a workman chipping away at one of the 12 stars on the European Union, seen on a wall in the ferry port of Dover, Britain, May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

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South Chungcheong governor An Hee-jung kisses South Korea's president-elect Moon Jae-in at Gwanghwamun Square more

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2017年 5月 10日 Wednesday

South Chungcheong governor An Hee-jung kisses South Korea's president-elect Moon Jae-in at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, South Korea May 9, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyunghoon

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Russian servicemen parade with tanks during the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II on the Red Square more

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2017年 5月 9日 Tuesday

Russian servicemen parade with tanks during the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II on the Red Square in Moscow. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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Inmate Kristina Hazelett, 35, plays with a dog in a cell at the MCSO Animal Safe Haven (MASH) Unit in a formermore

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2017年 5月 12日 Friday

Inmate Kristina Hazelett, 35, plays with a dog in a cell at the MCSO Animal Safe Haven (MASH) Unit in a former jail that has become a shelter for abused and neglected animals seized in Maricopa County Sheriff's Office investigations, in Phoenix, Arizona, April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

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Students from the MDQ Academy Islamic School participate in daily prayers while students from Saint Anthony's more

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2017年 5月 12日 Friday

Students from the MDQ Academy Islamic School participate in daily prayers while students from Saint Anthony's High School observe during a field trip at the Roman Catholic school in Huntington, New York, U.S., April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

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The faithful from Venezuela hold crosses with names of people who died during protests in Venezuela, during thmore

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2017年 5月 7日 Sunday

The faithful from Venezuela hold crosses with names of people who died during protests in Venezuela, during the Regina Coeli prayer led by Pope Francis in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Max Rossi

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Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, reacts as he gets on a bus after a campaign event more

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2017年 5月 10日 Wednesday

Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, reacts as he gets on a bus after a campaign event in Leeds, Britain May 9, 2017. REUTERS/Phil Noble

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A boy works at a aluminum utensils factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 8, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

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2017年 5月 8日 Monday

A boy works at a aluminum utensils factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 8, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

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Members of Iraqi Rapid response forces look at an air strike during clashes with Islamic State fighters at a fmore

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2017年 5月 9日 Tuesday

Members of Iraqi Rapid response forces look at an air strike during clashes with Islamic State fighters at a frontline in north west of Mosul, Iraq, May 9, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

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President Donald Trump returns from a weekend at his New Jersey golf estate home via Air Force One at Joint Bamore

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2017年 5月 8日 Monday

President Donald Trump returns from a weekend at his New Jersey golf estate home via Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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French President-elect Emmanuel Macron celebrates on the stage at his victory rally near the Louvre in Paris, more

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2017年 5月 8日 Monday

French President-elect Emmanuel Macron celebrates on the stage at his victory rally near the Louvre in Paris, France May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

Al-Khansa Hospital in East Mosul may be a shell of its former self but it is still the city's main government-run maternity facility. in July alone, despite severe shortages of medicines and equipment, it delivered nearly 1,400 babies.